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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Skye Boat Song
Free number tabs for Skye Boat Song on the steel tongue drum. 20 notes, C Major scale, Beginner level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
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97
7•2
9•1
86
6•1
87
75
55
5•2
9•3
0•2
9•1
8•2
9•3
0•5
W•3
0•2
9•2
91–7 scale note• above = higher octave• below = lower octaveabc = key in the app
▶ Play it in Tongue Drum Online
Open the free player on the C Major scale, then tap the petals or press these keyboard keys in order, following the tab above:
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The Skye Boat Song is a gentle Scottish Jacobite melody that rocks like a boat on the Hebridean sea. On a steel tongue drum its lilting 6/8 phrases flow with hypnotic ease, the sustained notes blending into a wash of peaceful sound. The slow tempo and smooth melodic contour make it ideal for beginners and meditation alike. One of the most soothing folk melodies in the British Isles.
How to play Skye Boat Song on a tongue drum
The numbers above are the standard tongue-drum number notation. Each digit is a note of the C Major scale, counting up from the lowest tongue. A dot above a number raises it one octave; a dot below lowers it. The small teal letters show the matching key in the Tongue Drum Online player.
Start slowly, one phrase at a time. Let each note ring out fully before striking the next — the long decay is the whole character of the instrument. This is a beginner arrangement and a simplified, single-instrument version of Skye Boat Song.
About this melody
Scottish traditional.